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FOREST AND STREAM. 



INOT. 3, 1893. 



Fantail— LiGHTKooT.— Mr. Lyon's Fantail and Mr. 

 Luse's Lightfoot. The latter led up and never gave the 

 other a look in, working the hare alone over a long course 

 to a pretty kill. Lightfoot won. 



. Aladdin— Lauka.— Mr. Watson's Aladdin, Mr. Luse's 

 Laura. Aladdin set a burning pace, raced up ahead for 8 

 points and added 4>a' more quite ahead of Laura. The greater 

 age of the latter then began to tell against the speedy black. 

 Laura drew by and followed the hare, not scoring, for a 

 long go. Aladdin "chucked it up" at this stage of the game, 

 and so lost a course he had won. Lam-a won. Later Mr. 

 Watson protested this course on Laura's over-age. 



Tbales, .Je.— Bfck.skin. — Mr. Moses's Trales and Mr. 

 Ballard Winfleld's dog Buckskin. Trales, Jr., led up and 

 was distinctly better for a quarter of a mile. Buckskin, 

 however, drew by, got a turn out of the hare aud a wrench 

 later, scoring enough fora vei-y shaky win indeed. Rpturn- 

 ing. Buckskin put up another" hare and coursed it a quarter 

 of a mile, the whole a very sufficient pipe-opener for Him, at 

 least, since he got a mile or two of hard going. 



Flying Fox— Rkdwood.— Mr. Allen's Flying Fox and 

 Mr. Lyon's Redwood. The latter led up aud worked ahead 

 to very scanty scoring for half a mile. Fox then drew by 

 hut did not score afterward. Redwood won. 



Wasted Time— Delsaete — Mr. Watson's last puppy met 

 Rew's Dakota dog Delsarte, by Lord Neversettle out of the 

 Eastern bitch Prima Donna, These found nothing till after 

 lunch, when they got a hills jack. The dogs were led in 

 sinttle slips, and Wasted Time was huug for a moment, 

 Delsarte meantime to the turn. Wasted Time then drew up 

 on the turn, got two turns of her own and a wrench. Del- 

 .sarte then drew by, took a turn and followed as the hare led 

 to the bluff .the young puppy not being strong enough to 

 close in Delsarte won. 



ScAvEN GEE— Rook —In Scavenger Mr. Lyon had a tiny 

 one, thin as one's finger almost, hut he was quite too much 

 for the Price aud Royce puppy. Scavenger was favored by the 

 hare, but went a hot gait, sticking close to the hare for 4 

 points. Rook was placed for b points, and then Scavenger 

 worked up a score of V6 to .5. Scavenger raced up to kill, 

 tripped and came a somersanlt. placiug Rook. Scavenger 

 raced by twice, nnd then killed to much merit, scoring 18K 

 to a^'^ points. Scavenger won. 



White LADV {a hye) —Lowe and Page's White I^ady ran 

 her bye with Jim K., ''Fox" Kinney of Ireland riding after 

 with great I'cla t. This closed the first round of the Derby. 



An-A<jcd Stukcn— Second Hound. 

 Running was now begun in the second round of the All- 

 Aged Stakes. 



Living Yet— Prince Charlie —For one mile Living Yet 

 outclassed Prince Charlie as much as ever one coursing dog 

 did another, takina 9,W points qrute ahead. Charlie was 

 placed, but Living Yet raced by him no less than five times. 

 As the dogs tired, they turned wide. Living Yet kept the 

 lead for a time, Charlie pluckily staying up. After a long 

 hard time of it, Cburlie put on more steam aud pas.sed Liv- 

 ing Yet, who then inconrinentlv quit in his tracks and had 

 to lose his grand course. Had he gone lOOyd.s. further he 

 would have won, for the hai-e was lost in the'grass. Prince 

 Chai'Iie won. 



Ladt Baeton— Queen.— On the .supposition that she 

 would not be needed Mr. Martin, owner of Queen, had left 

 her in town and she was absent when called. Mr. Luse, 

 owner of Lady Barton, agreed to drop the course to the foot 

 of the series, aud accordingly Mr. Martin set off for town, 

 eight miles, with his team in full g^Dop. He made the six- 

 teen miles in a little over an hour. Mr.Lu.se had changed 

 his mind and claimed a hye for Lady B.arton to Mr. Martin's 

 just disgust when he learned of it. Belle of Eltham gave 

 Lady a pretty bit of help in a good working course in .and 

 around the carriages, Lady Barton showing much cleverne.ss 

 and killing. 



Ielsh LATss-Lot^r) Nevisestill — Neverstill being bad in 

 .slips they were led single. In the slip Lass wa.s favored and 

 was first up. Xeverstili at once drew by and handled the 

 hare at -^i points, thence doing the work in elegant style for 

 three-fourths of a mile, when he had shot his bolt. Lass 

 then drew by, but it was only a follow. Neverstill kept 

 after for a short distance, and then, to the surprise of every 

 one quit in his course and was loser of all his clever work 

 Irish Lass won, 



Dey Time— Fannv.— Dry Time ran up and turned fast 

 enough, but. fell wide. Fanny sprang in for some smart 

 work and a bill. Dry Time not closing. Fannv won 



Sor.sjE- ^ETTLEFlELD.— These first t'ot a short-no-cuur.se, 

 and then r-rtrieht an old-fashioned W. W. Carney brand of 

 long rabbit. Nettlefield ran up, worked the hare nicely for 

 the usual sliort biir.Ht at lii st, and then the hare got her gait 

 and led for the hill.'i. Sousic never showed in it from start 

 to finish, and made uo trouble for the other to beat her 

 t)ointless. Nettleficht won. 



Maktke Peteiv Lads tn Black.— This was the unex- 

 pected. Instead of a close course it was a one-side one. 

 Master Peter was a known good one, and a favorite with 

 many, but he had no license to beat the black freak so 

 easily as he did. She may not often be so fast as she was 

 yesterday, and she is known for an irregular performer 

 Her work; to-dav was not that of yesterdav certainly and 

 she showed nothing extraordinary when placed. It was all 

 over but the flag after the lead up, which Peter had with 

 much to spare. Peter turned and fairly left Ladv standing. 

 He was a wonder tor a big dog, and clung to his 'hare like a 

 monkey, and was so speedy and handy as to surprise even 

 his warmest admirers. He allowed Lady only two points 

 and had eight and a half to the good, when he drove for the 

 hare and killed handsomely. Master Peter won. 



Beitain Yet— Monk Bishop.— Monk led up, but to little 

 merit, as the hare turned to turn. In possession, he knocked 

 out five and a half points, and showed clever. Britain drew 

 by and .scored, placing Monk, who held it in hand to the 

 close, working the hare handsomely. Driving to kill he 

 tripped the hare and both reached it together in the Icill, 

 Britain for the .50yds, before the end was running very cun- 

 ning. Monk Bis' op won. 



Woodfokd Bov-Pbince RupEKT.— a short course, but 

 enough Bo^'led up, turned, placed Rupert, then raced in 

 and killed. Woodford Boy won. 



What Caee I and Lady Grace were now ordered in 

 A hare sprung near by, just as Arthur Massey was fastening 

 the collar on What Care I, and the latter broke away and 

 coursed the hare for over a mile, a very punishing experi- 

 ence. At this. Uncle Bobby Smart, rough diamond that he 

 1?, declined to put his dog, Lady Grace, in the slips until the 

 tollowmg day. "I want the other dog to have a fair show " 

 said he, "[ don't want to win without a square run." "But 

 d— n me!" he added, '"I can beat that other dog to-day or 

 to-morrow, or any other time." There are worse sportsmen 

 than Uncle Bobby. 



MAhiek GlendVne was now put in for his bye, but it 

 grew dark before any hare was found and the day closed 

 with two courses of the second round undecided, 

 Tliimday. Third Day., Oct. 27. 



Early in the day two of the cook ladies at that admirable 

 hostelry, the Morrison House, struck and quit work. The 

 result is not yet, but it is hoped that alf the cooks will 



,'l"^'°mF',^*'' .^^'^y- '^'^'^i' iiot be replaced 



with worse. The lunch at the grounds, admission to which 

 was negotiated by means of a meal ticket issued bv the 

 nNhrow*^^"^*'^'.-^'^'' ^^o^'"^' possible, than ever before. 



® ^ executive committee and estimable vice-president 

 drove oft in the morning and left the judge to shift for him- 

 sfclt in the matter of getting out to the grounds. The rep- 

 re-sentatives of the press took the judge into their wa^rou 



and saved him an eight-mile walk. The 1893 executiA'e com- 

 mittee of the American Coursing Club ought to be executed 

 themselves. They spent more time masticating linen and 

 tending to dogs than they did to watching after the order 

 of things. The management to-day was as inefficient as 

 could be made to order. In the past seven years the dogs 

 of the club have improved. The men have not. They are 

 the same weak-hearted, well-meaning, ea.sy-goiug, indeci- 

 sive, atraid-of-their-shadows lot. They hold this club back. 

 They do not make it what it should be. They let it go at 

 sixes and sevens, without order, without system, and with- 

 out more than the barest regard for the rules which they 

 permit to lie as dead letters on their books. The dogs fur- 

 nish the sport here. The club is but a faint and inefficient 

 guardian of that sport. Yesterday, as was mentioned, a 

 handler rode clear in front of the judge, who complained. 

 The man was "cautioned." In the la.st cour.«e of to-day a 

 recent and oflicious importation from Ireland, called "Fox" 

 Kinney, who has been anxious to instruct America in 

 coursing, rode .so close up he nearly went over the dogs. 

 The judge was asked if he intended to lodge complaint. 

 "What would be the use-'" said hp. "I tried that yester- 

 day." He did, however, enter complaint and no attention 

 whatever was paid to it. Another case of fright. So large 

 a crowd is, of course, hard to handle, but that the crowds 

 are now so selfish and disregardful ot the club's interests is 

 due mostly to the weakness which has so long left open dis- 

 order unsuppressed and violations of rules tinrebuked. A 

 day in or ahead of such a crowd is anything but sport. 

 These plains are America's Altcar. A magnificent club 

 body could be built up here, but it never will be under the 

 old policy. A move from this point for a year or so, at 

 least, might be one of the best things that could happen 

 for the real welfare of the club. It was but a rotten exhi- 

 bition that the American Coursing Club made of itself 

 to-day. 



THE WATSON-LUSE PROTEST CASE. 



As stated above, Mr, D. C. Luse, a member of the execu- 

 tive committee, had his bitch Liura protested in the puppy 

 stakes yesterday for over-age, by Mr. J. Herbert Watson, 

 his opponent. 'Tliis case came on for trial at the clab house 

 this morning before the start, and occupied a couple of 

 hours. The associate members of the committee, Messr.s. 

 Page and Lowe, sat as court, plaintiff and defendant ap- 

 pearing without counsel. Mr, Brougher, a notary public, 

 swore the witnes.ses. The trial was made as formal and just 

 as possible, and the judges in the unfortunate matter did 

 the best they knew in their unpleasant business. 



Mr. Watson called Dick Taylor, well known in this cotm- 

 try and respected. Mr. Taylor testified that he saw a litter 

 of Jessamine puppies (Laura was entered as by Lord 

 McPher.ion ex .Jessamine) at William'Horine's farm, where 

 Jessamine was kept for Mr. Luse. The puppies we're then 

 two months old or so. That was the week before Thanks- 

 giving, 1890, Arthur Massey also saw them and said, "Let 

 us keep watch of this lot aud see if they don't go in en- 

 tered as puppiesin '92." He had so watched them. He knew 

 Laura. 



Arthur Massey, called by Mr. Watson, swore he saw the 

 litter at Horine's a week before Thanksgiving, 1890, while 

 at the quarry there for a load of .stone. He knew their 

 markings. Knew every dog Mr Luse had. Knew where 

 she (Laura) was kept. Knew that Laura was whelped in 

 the tall of 1.890 and was at least two months old when he 

 first saw her in the Jessamine litter. 



Mr. Lfrse— "Did I ever tell you I had a Lord McPherson- 

 Jessamine litter?" 



3fa,ssei/— "Yes, you did, at your own house." 



Mr. Watson rested his case. Mr. Luse, the defendant, 

 called William Horine, the farmer who kept Jessamine for 

 him. Horine swore that Jessamine was brought to him in 

 the winter of 1891, came in heat in April, and he sent her 

 back to Mr. Luse, who bred her. She was then returned to 

 thefarmand whelped in June, 1891. Those puppies had been 

 kept on the farm .siucd then, these two, "the white one and the 

 other one." We had another litter the fall before, but not 

 these. This June litter was the only one whelped there. 

 There was no fall litter. Might have been a few of Luse's 

 running around. Had some greyhounds himself and a bird 

 dog. Cross examined by Mr. Watson and by Mr. Page 

 Hoi-ine said these other older puppies that lived around the 

 house might have been 4 months old in November of 1890. at 

 least H months old. Didn't know their history or pedigree. 

 Knew they were not whelped there by Jessamine. 



Mr. Luse i-alled AYm. Horine'.s .son, John W. Horine who 

 told the same story as hi.s father. ' 



Yoinuj Hor//n - "Jessamine came to our bou.ye in 1890—" 



Old Hnriiif. UiU rraptin<j—"Yon mean 1891." 



Mr. H'o/soji- "T object. Let the witness alone, to tell hia 

 own story." 



Young Horine said he did not see Dick Taylor or Arthur 

 Ma.ssey call. They must have come for a load of rock. Mr. 

 Watson now called for the rule, to separate the witnesses* 

 which was allowed. ' ' 



Mr. Luse called C. Alley, who said he worked near Horine's 

 A year ago last July saw some young pups there. Was not 

 much posted on dogs, and did not notice these much 

 Couldn't say as to their mother. Pups might have been «ix 

 weeks old in July. Couldn't describe the pups. Was not 

 positive as to their color. Saw a yellow puppy. It ran in 

 bis mind there was likely more than one puppy, maybe two 

 Never noticed close. 



Mr. Luse called George Horine, a vounger son of William 

 Horine, He did not agree with the rest of the familv in all 

 details. He said Jessamine came to them in the talL not in 

 the winter. Thouarht the "brindle pups" wt re born in June 

 about a year ago. Said the other pups that lived there were 

 SIX or seven months old at November of 1890. That was the 

 lot in which Mr, Lu,se's Living Yet, Starlight and others 

 came in. Tbe.se were six or seven months old bv Thanks- 

 giving of 1890. ^ ' 



The elder Horine was recalled, and said that the doar 

 Woodford Boy, ruuning in the All-Aged Stakes this year 

 was out of that earlier Utter. ^ ' 



Dr. s. J. Shaw, hreaMmi ///-"Yes, those Ridenour does 

 you mean. Now, I ran a brother to that dog last year in the 

 All- Aged Stakes and lost on him. Luse ran Robin 

 Hood, the stumptail, the same year, in the Puppy Stakes 

 Rjdenour told me my dog was m mouths old. So Luse 

 must have run a sa-months puppv last year," 



Mr. Luse was sworn. "1 bred Jessamine "to Lord McPher- 

 son in April 189L I never saw her whelp. Saw the pups 

 soon atier. Laura was of that litter. This is all I have to 

 say. I have no argument. Do as you like " 



Arthur Massey and Dick Taylor were both recalled and 

 repeated their earlier assertions positivelv. Thevhad'seen 

 old man Horine at the farm as They came 'away, the day thev 

 saw the Utter of puppies, in November of 1890. Thev had 

 then resolved to watch the litter, ^ 



It was iiow nearly 11 o'clock, aud the party went afield 

 the case adjourning. At the lunch hour the case was taken 

 up again. Mr. Watson called Lewis Woodbnrn, a bri^^ht 

 boy, whose testimony turned the scale. He swore thariu 

 the early fail ot 189U Mr. Luse had told him that he (Lu4) 

 w> uld Inve to go out to Horine's to kill a Jessamine Utter 

 ot puppies, as Jessamine had got in whelp to an inferior 

 greyhound, aud he didn't want any cur.s. Never knew thnt- 

 Mr. Luse did kill the Utter, though. "^""^ 



At noon the committee brought in their decision Thev 

 disquaUhed Laura, giving the protested course to Mr. Wat- 

 son ,s dog Aladdin The other puppy. Flying Fox which 

 was ot the same litter as Laura, was alreadf beaten and 

 needed no action. "caLcu d.ua 



The stare was not made till 11 A. M. The dav was clear 



and very hot, and the dogs had a hard time of it which drew 

 "long" jacks. 



All-Aged Stakes— Second Eomid. 

 What Caee I— Lady Ge ace.— Lady made smart work of 

 it for a good bit, beating What Care I nointless. The latter 

 was placed but failed to score. Lady led for the hills. Lady 

 Grace won. 



Mastee Glendyne (a hye). —Mr. Lyons, owner of old 

 champion Trales, which was fat and out of all running con- 

 dition, did the rather singular act of letting his stud dog c^o 

 in with his son, hard and fit, for this bye. Master proceeded 

 to make a monkey of his Dad. 



Derby— Second, Ro und. 



Ruuning was now taken up in the puppy stakes, and some 

 pretty running was seen. 



Roy's CAnaey—BoomehAng.— Boomerang ran a scorcher. 

 He was as brilliant to-day as yesterday, and a good one all 

 over. Boomerang led up, scored, showed wonderfully close 

 and speedy and made a hollow mockery of it, scoring 24 

 points and killing all for himself, beating the Canary point- 

 less. Boomerang won. 



Raven— Royal Ruby. —In a sharp and twisting lead-up 

 little diflEereuce .showed, the hare swerving. Raven then 

 raced by and killed within 100yds. Raven won. 



Sylph— Ketchum.— A bruising no-course on a hare that 

 went to the hills. The dogs had a mile and a quarter in the 

 hot sun. 



SiE Hugo-Lightfoot.— Lightfoot appeared phenomenal 

 Hugo led, took a turn and two wrenches. The hare made 

 the usual Une for the hills, and was fast. Lightfoot drew 

 by, and did the feat of getting work out of the hill hare 

 after she struck the hard road. No other dog has done that 

 this year, and it has rarely been done here before in any 

 year. Yet Lightfoot crowded the hare clear out of the road, 

 brought her back, wrenched her hot, worked her all alone 

 and drove her from the hills time and again. Hugo was 

 placed for a brief moment, but Lightfoot was very niggardly 

 of his hare and took her away again, crowding her all over 

 and at length driving in for a .single-banded kill. All this 

 was at the end of a mile and a quarter course on a hot day 

 LTsually when the hare gets lined out for the hills little 

 work is afterward taken out of her. let alone a kill. Tnis 

 was therefore a remarkable course. Lightfoot won 



The party now went in for lunch. The photographer was 

 there as usual. Members of the press sought to make up a 

 little group of a private nature, showing the men thev 

 wanted in. It was with the utmost diflicul'ty that they kept 

 out divers other cUtb members, who wanted" themselves aiid 

 their dogs thrust into a picture which was wholly a private 

 matter. The omnipresent average grounds spectator was 

 also there and could hardly be kept out of the chance to get 

 himself into a picture, thinking it very unfeeling when 

 asked to stand back. 



After lunch two stray dogs were found running around 

 the grounds. One of these joined in the Aladdin— Buckskin 

 course. It was later shot, in a very barbarous and brutal 

 way, with a shotgun loaded with fine shot, writhin"- and 

 yelling a long time before it died. This was a foxhound 

 The other was a shepherd, and was shot, but not killed 

 These stray dogs are annoying, and are hard to catch, but it 

 la very hard to see the legal right the club has to kill them. 

 The exhibition to day was unpleasant. 



Aladdin— BircKSKtN.--A very near and Uvely thing on a 

 twisting hare only two-thirds grown. Aladdin was quite 

 the better up and took a run of points, bub Buckskin arew 

 by and had the better of the swift exchanging that followed 

 killing ahead. Buckskin won. " ' 



Redwood — Delsarte,— Delsarte shouldered Redwood 

 hard for 25yds., trying to get over to the hare. Getting by 

 he turned, Redwood going wide. Breaking for the hare 

 they cannoned, both going over in a great mix-up In the 

 exchanging which ensued both showed still lively and un- 

 hurt, Delsarte the better for a couple of turns. Redwood 

 was placed to score, but Delsarte drew by and ran a game 

 followed to the hills. Redwood quit rank in his course' 

 Delsarte won. 



ScAVENGEE— White Lady.— These got a .short no-course 

 and then were slipped at 200yds. on a hill hare on the buflralo 

 grass. Lady in 500yds. led up, turned three times and forced 

 the hare away from the hills. Scavenger drew in for two 

 turns, placing Lady for another. Scavenger then took up 

 the running, worked out three turns handsomely ahead 

 drove in on a hard burst and killed with great credit. This 

 was another remarkable and unusual coui-se, in that after a 

 mile on a hot hare, the dog could do .such clever work and 

 at close quarters. One could only wonder where Scavenger 

 found it in his under sized body to do such work, .Scavenger 

 won. 



Sylph— Ketchum.— These now went in again. Still 

 another unexpected exhibition of performance at the close of 

 a long and punishing course. Sylph had the first of it and 

 scored to place Ketchum, who lost. Sylph again scoring''. 

 The hare was fast and had by this time led them a long 

 way. After they had done three-quarters of a mile, Ketchum 

 drew by and turned the hare square back, Sylph holding but 

 a moment. Twice more Ketchum passed her, getting work 

 out of the hare, and at length placing Sylph to kill. Ket- 

 chum won. This closed the second round of the Derby. 



All-Aged Stakes— Third Round. 

 The first course in the third round of the All-Aged was 

 Prince Chablie— Lady BzVeton.— These got a prf>ttv 

 slip. Lady Barton, always a phenomenon to .start, .sprang 

 three lengths ahead at the slip. Charlie, however, urew by 

 her on the run up, and got the turn, slightly favored by the 

 hare. Lady Barton then gave him a perfect go-by on a 

 straight drive, turned the hare and .snapped her up in her 

 own style, showing there was much left in her yet. Pr nee 

 Charlie was off in one leg. Lady Barton won. 



lEiSH LA.SS— Fannie.— A cottontail passed, ard Fannie 

 slipped her collar, but was headed back. A jacK: was started, 

 and she coursed it a quarter of a mile alone, fortuLately los- 

 ing It. Put in again, Fannie got the run-up, a bit fa voi'ed, on 

 the next hare, and thence out ran a whooping ccurse, the 

 hare carrying the two clear over the flats to the hills, prob- 

 ably two and a half miles, a hard course indeed. Fannie 

 took three go-bys and six turns, placing Lass then for some 

 minor work. Lass grittily held on, but as the procrssion 

 lined up Fannie drew by and maintained her superiority in 

 wonderful style, all considered. The hare was lost. Fannie 

 won. 



Nettlefield— Master Petek.— Master Peter had now be- 

 come a red-hot favorite, and showed truly a great dog. Peter 

 ran up for 2 points, and scored 9K points ahead, placing the 

 bitch to score. Peter then raced by, sticking close t5 a hare 

 certainly fast, taking a lot out of her, and placing Nettlefield 

 for a chance, which she improved but scantily after three- 

 quarters of a mile. In high grass near the road Nettlefield 

 was misled, and made a long push to the left for what she 

 took to be the hare, Peter meantime bringing the hare to the 

 right. Unsighted, Nettlefield bounded about, trying to 

 catch the course, but stopped still eager. Peter showed able 

 to stay, though he did not kill. Nettlefield was on three 

 legs all the week, her left hind leg being in bandages for a 

 bad cut Master Peter won. 



Monk Bishop— WooDFOED Boy.— In a mixed-up lead there 

 was little to choose, though Woodford Boy got the first 

 work Monk drew by. The hare ran around the club-house 

 and through the crowd. The dogs had to race for their ex- 

 changing. Monk Bishop the better, he going a good one. 

 Monk Bishop killed and won. ess 



LADY Grace— Ma!?tek Glendyne.— Master Glendyne wa.s 

 drawn lame, with a leg apparently ruined by a strain . Bobby 



